'Stuck in limbo': Over 90% of X's Community Notes unpublished, study says
ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA, JUL 10 – The Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas found only 3.1% of submitted notes are published, with English note publication rates dropping to 4.9% in early 2025.
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More than 90 percent of user-suggested "community notes" on X are never published, according to a study by the NGO Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA). The statistic casts doubt on the method's effectiveness in combating online disinformation.
On X, users have for several years been able to propose, under a publication, a "community note" to add context or report a factual error.
'Stuck in limbo': Over 90% of X Community Notes unpublished
WASHINGTON, United States — More than 90 percent of X’s Community Notes — a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk’s platform — are never published, a study said Wednesday, highlighting major limits in its effectiveness as a debunking tool. The study by the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA), which analyzed the entire
'Stuck in limbo': Over 90% of X's Community Notes unpublished, study says
More than 90 percent of X's Community Notes -- a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk's platform -- are never published, a study said Wednesday, highlighting major limits in its effectiveness as a debunking tool.
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